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View synonyms for roughrider

roughrider

[ ruhf-rahy-der ]

noun

  1. a person who breaks horses to the saddle.
  2. a person accustomed to rough or hard riding.


roughrider

/ ˈrʌfˌraɪdə /

noun

  1. a rider of wild or unbroken horses
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of roughrider1

First recorded in 1725–35; rough + rider
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Example Sentences

She is reported to have thrashed her man in her time, and is said to be a crack shot and the best roughrider for miles round.

Then he stiffened and in all visible regards was again Old Chesty, the roughrider.

Once active members of real Society; no woman could go back to "society," any more than a roughrider could return to a hobbyhorse.

Underneath a roughrider hat Burton glimpsed her face as she looked off across the fields that marked the beginning of the course.

I was described as his 'man Friday,' and as 'Roughrider Anderson.'

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